" If Anyone Is In CHRIST, He Is A New Creation."

All things have become new!

(Thomas Reade)

"Therefore, if anyone is in CHRIST, 
he is a new creation; old things have 
passed away; behold, all things have 
become new!" 2 Corinthians 5:17

Our perceptions will be new. 
A divine light will break in upon 
our minds. The darkness of error, 
which obscured the truth from our 
view, will be dissipated.

Our principles will be new. 
We shall act from pure, holy, unselfish 
motives. Faith working by love will be 
the grand moving principle. Self will 
no longer be the pivot on which we turn--
but JESUS will be our all in all.

Our practice will be new. 
We shall live no longer according 
to the sinful customs of the world, or 
the powerful solicitations of the flesh--
but according to the holy precepts 
of the everlasting Gospel. We shall 
delight in the law of GOD after 
the inward man. It will be our food 
and drink to do the will of our FATHER.

Our plans will be new. 
We shall dedicate ourselves, and 
all we have and are, to the service 
of that divine SAVIOR who loved 
us, and gave HIMSELF for us. 

We shall not be daily occupied in 
forming plans for worldly pleasure, or
projecting schemes for the acquisition 
of worldly profit; but in devising means 
for carrying on the cause of truth, and 
for spreading the knowledge of a 
crucified REDEEMER throughout the earth.

Our prospects will be new. 
The darkness being past, and 
the true light now shining--
we shall see the distant radiance 
of the heavenly Zion, and behold, 
with the telescopic eye of faith, 
the land which is very far off.

Our privileges will be new.
GOD will be our reconciled FATHER.
JESUS will be our SAVIOR and friend.
The HOLY SPIRIT will be our 
sanctifier and comforter.
And Heaven will be our eternal home!

Our portion will be new. 
All those exceeding great and 
precious promises, will be ours. 
We shall be heirs of GOD, and 
joint heirs with CHRIST! 

We shall be the citizens 
of the New Jerusalem, and inherit 
that kingdom that is incorruptible 
and undefiled, prepared for all 
the new creatures in CHRIST JESUS, 
before the foundation of the world.

To sum up all this blessedness, 
we shall experience in this world 
a progression in holiness--
and in the world to come, 
a perpetuity of bliss!

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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's insightful two page short article, 
"AFTERWARD".